get selected option dropdown jquery code example
Example 1: jquery get selected option value
var selectedOptionText = $('#mySelectID').find(":selected").text();//selected option text
var selectedOptionVal = $('#mySelectID').find(":selected").val();//selected option value
Example 2: jquery get dropdown list selected value
$('#dropDownId').val();
Example 3: select box get value
// reference to 'scripts' select list
// used throughout the examples below
var sel = document.getElementById('scripts');
// display value property of select list (from selected option)
console.log( sel.value );